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Treaty of Paris (1951) The Treaty of Paris, signed on 18 April, 1951 between Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which subsequently became part of the European Union. The treaty expired on 23 July, 2002, exactly fifty years after it came into effect.
Treaty of Passarowitz The Treaty of Passarowitz or Treaty of Požarevac was the peace treaty signed in Požarevac (Serbian Cyrillic: Пожаревац, German: Passarowitz, Turkish: Pasarofça, Hungarian: Pozsarevác), a town in modern Serbia, on July 21, 1718 between the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria and the Republic of Venice on the other.
Treaty of Payne's Landing The Treaty of Payne's Landing (Treaty with the Seminole, 1832) was an agreement signed on 9 May 1832 between the government of the United States and several chiefs of the Seminole Indians in the present-day state of Florida. By the Treaty of Moultrie Creek in 1823, the Seminoles had relinquished all claims to land in the Florida Territory in return for a reservation in the center of the Florida peninsula and certain payments, supplies and services to be provided by the U.
Treaty of PĂ©ronne (1468) The Treaty of PĂ©ronne was signed at PĂ©ronne on October 14, 1468 between Duke Charles I of Burgundy and Louis XI of France. Based on the terms of the treaty, Charles acquired the English claimed county of Ponthieu.
Treaty of Peace and Commerce Delaware The Treaty of Peace and Commerce Delaware was negotiated by Al-Tahir ibn Abdul Haq Fannis (Abdel Khak) of the Kingdom of Morroco and Thomas Barclay of the United States and later ratified and signed by Sultan Mohammed III of Morocco, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and George Washington.
Treaty of Pereyaslav The Treaty of Pereyaslav (Pereiaslav; Polish: ugoda perejasławska) was concluded in 1654 in the Ukrainian city of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi (Pereyaslav at that time) during the meeting, between the Cossacks of the Zaporizhian Host and Tsar Alexey I of Muscovy, following the Khmelnytsky rebellion. Known as the Pereyaslav Council (Pereyaslavs'ka Rada in Ukrainian), the treaty provided for the protection of the Ukrainian Cossack state by the tsar.
Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1502) The Treaty of Perpetual Peace was signed by James IV of Scotland and Henry VII of England in 1502. It agreed an end to the intermittent warfare between Scotland and England which had been waged over the previous two hundred years.
Treaty of Pilar The Treaty of Pilar (in Spanish, Tratado del Pilar) was a pact signed among the rulers of the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, Entre RĂ­os and Buenos Aires, which is recognized as the foundation of the federal organization of the country. It was signed in the city of Pilar, Buenos Aires on 23 February 1820 by governor Estanislao LĂłpez for Santa Fe, caudillo Francisco RamĂ­rez for Entre RĂ­os, and provisional governor Manuel Sarratea for Buenos Aires, after the dissolution of the national government caused by the Battle of Cepeda.
Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours The Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours was signed on September 29, 1580 between the Dutch Staten Generaal (with the exception of Zeeland and Holland) and François, Duke of Anjou (supported by William the Silent). Based on the terms of the treaty, François assumed the title of "Protector of the Liberty of the Netherlands" and became sovereign of the Dutch Republic.
Treaty of Point Elliott The Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855, or the Point Elliott Treaty,The treaty is entitled and listed in catalogs and archives as the "Treaty of Point Elliott, 1855". is the lands settlement treaty between the United States government and the nominal Native American tribes of the greater Puget Sound region in the recently-formed Washington Territory (March, 1853), one of about thirteen treaties between the U.
Treaty of Polyanovka The Treaty of PolanĂłw (Polyanov, Polanov, Polanowo or Eternal Treaty of... ) was a treaty between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy (Russia), signed on 14 June of 1634 as a consequence of the Smolensk War in a village of Semlevo, located on the Polyanovka river (hence, the name of the treaty) between Vyazma and Dorogobuzh.
Treaty of Portsmouth The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the United States, by Sergius Witte and Roman Rosen for Russia, and by Komura Jutaro and Takahira Kogoro for Japan.
Treaty of Poti The Treaty of Poti was a provisional agreement between the German Empire and the Democratic Republic of Georgia in which the latter accepted German protection and recognition. The agreement was signed, on May 28 1918, by General Otto von Lossow for Germany and by Prime Minister Noe Ramishvili and Foreign Minister Akaki Chkhenkeli for Georgia at the Georgian Black Sea port of Poti.
Treaty of Poznań The Treaty of Poznań was signed on December 11, 1806 in Poznań and ended the war between France and Saxony (Prussia’s ally) after the latter’s defeat during the War of the Fourth Coalition. Saxony had to pay 25 million francs in reparations and join the Confederation of the Rhine.
Treaty of Prairie du Chien The Treaty of Prairie du Chien may refer to either of two treaties made and signed in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin between the United States, representatives from the Sioux, Sac and Fox, Menominee, Ioway, Winnebago and the Anishinaabeg (Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi) Native American peoples.
Treaty of Prenzlau The Treaty of Prenzlau was signed on May 31, 1472 between Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg, and the Dukes of Pomerania. Based on the terms of the accord, Duke Eryk II and Duke Warcislaw surrendered the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin to Albert III.
Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye (or the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoe) was negotiated by Johann Patkul and signed on November 22, 1699 in Preobrazhenskoye (now a part of Moscow), a favoured residence of the tsar Peter the Great. The treaty called for the partition of the Swedish Empire among Denmark, Russia, Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Treaty of Pressburg The Treaty of Pressburg was signed on December 26, 1805 between France and Austria as a consequence of the Austrian defeats by France at Ulm (September 25 – October 20) and Austerlitz (December 2). A truce was agreed on December 4 and negotiations for the treaty began.
Treaty of Purandar (1665) The Treaty of Purandar (or Treaty of Purandhar) was signed on June 11, 1665 between Rajput Jai Singh and Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji was forced to sign the agreement after Jai Singh besieged the fort of Purandar.
Treaty of Rapallo, 1920 The Treaty of Rapallo was a treaty between Italy and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), issued to solve the dispute over some territories in current Slovenia and Croatia. It was signed on 12 November 1920 in Rapallo near Genoa in Italy.
Treaty of Rapallo, 1922 The Treaty of Rapallo was an agreement in the Italian town of Rapallo on April 16, 1922 between Germany (the Weimar Republic) and Bolshevist Russia under which each renounced all territorial and financial claims against the other following the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and World War I.
Treaty of Rarotonga The Treaty of Rarotonga is the common name for the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, which formalizes a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the South Pacific. The treaty bans the use, testing, and possession of nuclear weapons within the borders of the zone.
Treaty of Rastatt The Treaty of Rastatt, in March 7, 1714, was essentially part of the Treaty of Utrecht. In 1713 and 1714, this treaty was negotiated by Marshal General of France, Claude Louis Hector de Villars and Austrian prince, Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Treaty of Rawalpindi The Treaty of Rawalpindi (signed on August 8, 1919 and amended November 22, 1921) was a treaty made between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War. In it, the United Kingdom recognised Afghanistan's independence, agreed that British-Indian empire would never extend past Khyber Pass, and stopped British subsidies to Afghanistan.
Treaty of Rheinfelden In the Treaty of Rheinfelden, concluded June 1, 1283, the then eleven-year-old Duke Rudolph II of Austria had to waive all his rights to the thrones of Austria and Styria to the benefit of his elder brother Albert I. The fact that Rudolph was never compensated induced his son John Parricida to murder Albert in 1308.
Treaty of Ribe The Treaty of Ribe (in Danish known as Ribe-brevet, in German known as Vertrag von Ripen) was a proclamation made by King Christian I of Denmark to a number of German nobles enabling himself to become count of Holstein and regain control of Denmark's lost duchy of Schleswig (in Danish also known as Sønderjylland, i.e.
Treaty of Ried The Treaty of Ried of October 8, 1813 was a treaty that was signed between Bavaria and Austria. By this treaty, Bavaria left the Confederation of the Rhine and agreed to join the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon in exchange for a guarantee of her continued sovereign and independent status.
Treaty of Ripon The Treaty of Ripon was an agreement signed by Charles I of Scotland and the Scots on October 26 1640 in the aftermath of the Second Bishops' War. The treaty was a major setback for Charles, and its terms were deeply humiliating.
Treaty of Rome The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC) and was signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (the latter three as part of the Benelux) on March 25, 1957. According to George McGhee, former US ambassador to West Germany, it was nurtured at Bilderberg meetingshttp://copy_bilderberg.
Treaty of Rome, 1924 The Treaty of Rome of January 27, 1924 was an agreement by which Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes revoked the parts of the Treaty of Rapallo from 1920, which had created the independent Free State of Fiume. The agreement was that Fiume, now Rijeka in Croatia, would be annexed to Italy as the Province of Fiume, while town of Sušak was assigned to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Treaty of Roskilde The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city Roskilde. After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655-1661), the King of Denmark-Norway was forced to give up nearly half his territory to save the rest.
Treaty of Saginaw The Treaty of Saginaw in 1819 was made between Gen. Lewis Cass and Chief John Okemos, Chief Wasso and other Native American tribes of the Great Lakes region (principally the Ojibwe, but also the Ottawa and Potawatomi) in what is now the United States.
Treaty of Saint Clair-sur-Epte The Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte was signed in the autumn of 911 between Charles the Simple and Rollo, the leader of the Vikings, for the purpose of settling the Normans in Neustria and to protect Charles' kingdom from any new invasion from the "northmen". No written records survive concerning the creation of the Duchy of Normandy.
Treaty of Saint Petersburg The was signed in 7 May 1875 between the Empire of Japan and Empire of Russia. Its terms stipulated that Japan give claims to Sakhalin island in exchange for undisputed sovereignty of all the Kuril islands up to the Kamchatka peninsula.
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the new Republic of Austria on the other. Like the Treaty of Versailles with Germany, it contained the Covenant of the League of Nations and as a result was not ratified by the United States.
Treaty of Salbai The Treaty of Salbai of 1782 was an agreement between the Maratha empire and the British East India Company transferring control of the Sashti island (part of the islands that compose the modern city of Mumbai) to the British.
Treaty of San Francisco The Treaty of San Francisco or San Francisco Peace Treaty between the Allied Powers and Japan, was officially signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951 in San Francisco, California. It came into force on April 28, 1952.
Treaty of San Ildefonso San Ildefonso is a town in central Spain, the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, where several treaties were signed; each is referred to, in context, as the Treaty of San Ildefonso (sometimes under the spelling Treaty of San Ildephonso). These treaties are:
Treaty of San Stefano The Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano was a treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed at the end of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–78. It was signed on March 3, 1878 at San Stefano (Greek: Ayastefanos, now Yeşilköy), a village west of Istanbul, by Count Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev and Alexander Nelidov on behalf of the Russian Empire and Foreign Minister Safvet Pasha and Ambassador to Germany Sadullah Bey on behalf of the Ottoman Empire.
Treaty of Sèvres The Treaty of Sèvres is a peace treaty signed by the Entente and Associated Powers on 10 August 1920 the Entente and the Associated Powers were the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan (Principal Allied Powers), Greece, Belgium, Armenia, the Hejaz, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) and Czecho-Slovakia and the Ottoman Empire after World War I. The treaty was signed in Sèvres, near Paris, by the representatives of the Ottoman Government.
Treaty of Seeb The Treaty of Seeb, or Treaty of As Sib was an agreement reached between Sultan Taimur bin Feisal (1886-1965) of Muscat and the Imam of Oman in 1920. It gave autonomy to the Imamate of Oman regarding the interior regions of the Muscat and Oman Protectorate, while the sultan would retain sovereignty over the remainder of the country.
Treaty of Shaoxing The Treaty of Shaoxing (紹興和議, pinyin: Shàoxīng Héyì) is the agreement which ended the conflicts between the Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty. It also legally drew up the boundaries of the two countries and forcing the Song Dynasty to renounce all claims to its former territories north of the Huai river (which included its old capital Kaifeng).
Treaty of Shimonoseki The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki Jōyaku"), known as the Treaty of Maguan () in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō hall on April 17, 1895 between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire, ending the First Sino-Japanese War. The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17 1895.
Treaty of Schönbrunn The Treaty of Schönbrunn (; ), sometimes known as the Treaty of Vienna, was signed between France and Austria at the Schönbrunn Palace of Vienna] on October 14, 1809. This treaty ended the Fifth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars.
Treaty of Simulambuco The Treaty of Simulambuco was signed in 1885, by representatives of the Portuguese government, and officials in the N'Goyo Kingdom. The agreement was drafted and signed in response to the Treaty of Berlin, which was an agreement between the colonizing European powers about how to divide up Africa, and who would get what pieces.
Treaty of Speyer (1209) The Treaty of Speyer was signed in 1209 by Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This agreement was developed as a result of Pope Innocent III having launched an appeal for organizing a crusade against the Cathars (or Albigensians) in southern France.
Treaty of Springwells The Treaty of Springwells was signed at Springwells, Michigan (near Detroit) on September 8, 1815. The agreement was signed between the United States federal government and the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomi tribes inhabiting the Genessee County.
Treaty of Stockholm (1884) The Treaty of Stockholm was signed in Stockholm on April 19, 1884 between representatives of Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. Based on the terms of the accord, Russia and Germany agreed to establish a mutual defensive alliance.
Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War) The Treaty of Stockholm refers to two treaties signed in 1719 and 1720 that ended the Great Northern War between Sweden on one side and Hannover and Prussia. The last remains of the conflict were then concluded by signing the Treaty of Frederiksborg with Denmark-Norway in 1720 and the Treaty of Nystad with Russia in 1721.
Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon The Treaty of Surji-Arjungaon was signed on December 30, 1803 between the British and Daulat Rao Sindhia, chief of the Maratha people. The agreement was the result of Lord Lake's military campaigns in upper India in the first phase of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1805).
Treaty of Szatmár The Treaty of Szatmár (or the Peace of Szatmár) was signed on April 30, 1711 between Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, Hungarian Commander-in-Chief Sándor Károlyi and János Pálffy. Based on the terms of the accord, Charles promised to maintain the integrity of both Transylvanian and Hungarian estates.
Treaty of Sztumska WieĹ› The Treaty of Sztumska WieĹ›, also known as the Armistice, Peace or Truce of Stuhmsdorf(f), was signed on 12 September 1635 between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden in the village of Sztumska WieĹ› (Stuhmsdorf), Royal Prussia, just south of Sztum (Stuhm). Sweden, weakened by its involvement in the Thirty Years' War, agreed to the terms that were mostly favourable to the Commonwealth in terms of territorial concessions.
Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando The Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando (Spanish: Tratado de los Toros de Guisando) is the name of a treaty agreed on top of the hill of Guisando near the Bulls of Guisando (located in El Tiemblo, Ávila, Spain) on September 18, 1468, between Henry IV of Castile and his half-sister Isabella of Castile. In this treaty Isabella was granted the title of Princess of Asturias and therefore became heiress to the Crown of Castile.
Treaty of the Dardanelles The Treaty of the Dardanelles (also known as the Dardanelles Treaty of Peace, Commerce, and Secret Alliance , the Treaty of Çanak, or the Treaty of Chanak) was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom on January 5, 1809 at Çanak, Turkey.
Treaty of Taastrup The Treaty of Taastrup (or the Høje Taastrup Peace) was a preliminary accord signed on February 11, 1658 between Charles X Gustav of Sweden and King Frederick III of Denmark. The treaty was signed at the Høje Taastrup Church.
Treaty of Tafna The Treaty of Tafna (executed by Abd-el-Kader) was signed by both Abd-el-Kader and General Thomas Robert Bugeaud on May 30, 1837. This agreement was developed after French imperial forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria.
Treaty of Taipei The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Japanese: 日華平和条約, Chinese: 中日和平條約), commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei as it was signed in Taipei, was a peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of China (ROC) concluded on April 28, 1952. This treaty was necessary because neither the Republic of China nor the People's Republic of China were invited to sign the Treaty of San Francisco because of disagreements by other countries of which government was the legitimate government of China.
Treaty of Tangiers The Treaty of Tangiers was signed on September 10, 1844 whereby Morocco officially recognized Algeria as part of the French Empire. The advent of the treaty came after the defeat of Morocco in the First Franco-Morrocan War (August 6 - August 14, 1844).
Treaty of Tarascon The Treaty of Tarascon was an accord between Pope Nicholas IV, Philip IV of France, Charles II of Naples, and Alfonso III of AragĂłn that was intended to end the Aragonese Crusade, an episode in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. The treaty was signed at Tarascon, halfway between papal Avignon and Arles, on 19 February 1291, six years after Philip's uncle, Charles of Valois, tried to conquer AragĂłn from Alfonso's father, Peter III of Aragon, in an event called the Aragonese "Crusade" because it was sanctioned by Nicholas' predecessor, Pope Martin IV.
Treaty of Tartu The Treaties of Tartu were treaties between Bolshevist Russia on one side and the newly independent Estonia and Finland, previously belonging to Imperial Russia, on the other. They were negotiated and signed in Tartu in Estonia in year 1920 after the civil wars in Finland, in Estonia, and in Russia were ended.
Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian) Treaty of Tartu (Estonian: Tartu rahu, literally "Tartu peace") between Estonia and Soviet Russia was signed in February 2, 1920 after the Estonian War of Independence. The terms of the treaty stated that Russia renounced in perpetuity all rights to the territory of Estonia.
Treaty of Tehuacana Creek The Treaty of Tehuacana Creek (or the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce) was signed at Tehuacana Creek on October 9, 1844 between representatives from the Republic of Texas and various Native American tribes. The tribes involved in the signing of the treaty were the Comanche, the Keechi, the Waco, Caddo, Anadarko, Ioni, Delaware, Shawnee, Cherokee, Lipan and Tawakoni tribes.
Treaty of Tempea The Treaty of Tempea ended the Second Macedonian War (200 BC – 196 BC) between the Roman Republic and Philip V of Macedon. Rome won the decisive Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 BC, and by the Treaty of Tempea, 196 BC, they forced Philip to give up Macedonia's possessions in Greece and Asia, and pay a war indemnity of 1000 talents.
Treaty of Teschen The Treaty of Teschen was signed on May 13, 1779, between Austria and Prussia and ended the War of the Bavarian Succession. It stated that Austria would keep the Innviertel, as well as a strip of land stretching from Passau to the northern border of the arch-abbey of Salzburg; however, one of the requirements was that Prussia would recognize the Margraviates of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Treaty of Tientsin The Treaties of Tientsin (Traditional Chinese: 天津條約 Simplified Chinese: 天津条约, Pinyin: Tiānjīn Tiáoyuē) were signed in Tianjin in June 1858, ending the first part of the Second Opium War (1856-1860). France, UK, Russia, and the United States were the parties involved.
Treaty of Titalia The Treaty of Titalia (1817) was signed between the chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim and the British East India Company. The treaty, which was negotiated by Captain Latter in February 1817, guaranteed security of Sikkim by the British and returned Sikkimese land annexed by the Nepalese over the centuries.
Treaty of Tordesillas The Treaty of Tordesillas (Portuguese: Tratado de Tordesilhas, Spanish: Tratado de Tordesillas), signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province, Spain), June 7 1494, divided the world outside of Europe into an exclusive duopoly between the Spanish and the Portuguese along a north-south meridian 370 leagues (1550 km) west of the Cape Verde islands (off the west coast of Africa), near 40°W.Measured west of the longitude of the westernmost cape of the westernmost island, Santo Antão, 25°21.
Treaty of Tours The Treaty of Tours was an agreement between Henry VI of England and the French King Charles VII, signed on May 22 1444. The terms stipulated the marriage of Charles VII's fifteen year old niece, Margaret of Anjou, to Henry VI.
Treaty of Traverse des Sioux The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was a treaty, signed on July 23, 1851, between the United States government and the Sioux Indians who lived in Minnesota at the time. The treaty was instigated by Alexander Ramsey, the first governor of Minnesota Territory, and Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.
Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon was a peace treaty between the Allied and Associated Powers and Hungary signed on June 4, 1920, at the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles, France. The Treaty regulated the situation of the states that replaced the former Kingdom of Hungary, part of pre-war Austria-Hungary, after World War I.
Treaty of Tripoli The Treaty of Tripoli (the Treaty of Peace and Friendship) was a 1796 peace treaty between the United States and Tripoli. It was signed at Tripoli on November 4, 1796 and at Algiers (for a third-party guarantee) on January 3, 1797 by Joel Barlow, the American consul-general to the Barbary states of Algiers, Tripoli and Tunis.
Treaty of Tyavzino The Treaty of Teusina, called the Eternal Peace with Sweden in Russia, was concluded by the Russian diplomats under the boyar Afanasiy Pushkin (the poet's ancestor) and ambassadors of the Swedish king at the village of Tyavzino (Finnish: Täyssinä) in Ingermanland on May 18, 1595 to end the Russo-Swedish War, 1590-1595 between the powers.
Treaty of Ulm (1620) The Treaty of Ulm was signed on July 3, 1620 between representatives of the Catholic League and the Protestant Union. Based on the terms of the accord, the Evangelist Union declared neutrality and ceased its support of Frederick V of Bohemia.
Treaty of Utrecht The Treaty of Utrecht that established the Peace of Utrecht, rather than a single document, comprised a series of individual peace treaties signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht in March and April 1713. Concluded between various European states, it helped end the War of the Spanish Succession.
Treaty of Venice The Treaty or Peace of Venice, 1177, was an important peace treaty between the papacy and its allies, the north Italian city-states of the Lombard League, and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. The Kingdom of Sicily also took part in negotiations and the treaty thereby determined the political course of all Italy for the next several years.
Treaty of Venlo The Treaty of Venlo was signed on September 12, 1543 between Duke Wilhelm of JĂĽlich-Cleves-Berg and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The signing of the treaty was arranged after Duke Wilhelm's forces were defeated by Emperor Charles.
Treaty of Verdun In the Treaty of Verdun of 843 the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious, Charlemagne's Grandsons, divided his territories, the Carolingian Empire, into three kingdoms. Though often presented as the beginning of a devolution or dissolution of Charlemagne's unitary empire, it in fact reflected the continued adherence to the Frankish idea of a partible or divisible inheritance rather than primogeniture, inheritance by the eldest son.
Treaty of Vereeniging The Treaty of Vereeniging was a treaty signed on 31 May 1902 to end the Second Anglo-Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic on one side and the Great Britain on the other.
Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Central Powers and the German Empire. After six months of negotiations, which took place at the Paris Peace Conference, the treaty was signed as a follow-up to the armistice signed in November 11, 1918 in the Compiègne Forest (which had put an end to the actual fighting).
Treaty of Vienna (1606) The Treaty of Vienna (also known as the Peace of Vienna) was signed on June 23, 1606 between Stephen Bocskay, a Hungarian noble, and Archduke Matthias. Based on the terms of the treaty, all constitutional and religious rights/privileges were granted to the Hungarians in both Transylvania and Royal Hungary.
Treaty of Vienna (1725) The Treaty of Vienna was signed on April 30, 1725 between Emperor Charles VI of Austria and King Philip IV of Spain. The treaty guaranteed the Pragmatic Sanction of the Habsburgs, which was first declared in 1713.
Treaty of Vienna (1731) The Treaty of Vienna was first signed on March 16, 1731 by Count Finzendorf and Philip Stanhope of Chesterfield. This treaty verified the existence of the Quadruple Alliance between the Holy Roman Empire, the British Empire, the Spanish Empire, and the Dutch Empire.
Treaty of Viterbo The Treaty or Treaties of Viterbo was a pair of agreements made by Charles I of Sicily with Baldwin II of Constantinople and William II Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, in May 1267, which transferred much of the rights to the Latin Empire from Baldwin to Charles.
Treaty of Waitangi Act The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 established the Waitangi Tribunal and gave the Treaty of Waitangi recognition in New Zealand law for the first time. The Tribunal was empowered to investigate possible breaches of the Treaty by the New Zealand government or any state-controlled body, occurring after 1975.
Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements have been a significant feature of New Zealand race relations and politics since 1975. Over the last 30 years, New Zealand governments have increasingly provided formal legal and political opportunity for Māori to seek redress for breaches by the Crown of the guarantees set out in the Treaty of Waitangi.
Treaty of Wallingford The Treaty of Wallingford of 1153, also known as the Treaty of Winchester or as the Treaty of Westminster, was an agreement that effectively ended The Anarchy, a dispute between Empress Matilda and her cousin Stephen over the English crown.
Treaty of Wanghia The Sino-American Treaty of Wanghia (望廈條約|p=Zhōng-Měi Wàngxià tiáoyuē}}) is the first diplomatic agreement between China and the United States in history, which was signed on 3 July 1844 in the Kun Iam Temple.
Treaty of Washington (1826) The 1826 Treaty of Washington was a settlement between the United States government and the Creek National Council of Native Americans, led by their spokesman Opothleyahola. The Creeks ceded much of their land in the State of Georgia to the Federal government.
Treaty of Washington (1836) The 1836 Treaty of Washington is a treaty between the United States and representatives of the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Native Americans. With this treaty, the tribes ceded an area of approximately 13,837,207 acres (55,997 km²) in the northwest portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the eastern portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Treaty of Watertown The Treaty of Watertown, the first foreign treaty concluded by the United States of America after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, was signed on July 19, 1776 in the Edmund Fowle House in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts Bay. The treaty established a military alliance between the United States and the St.
Treaty of Westminster (1461) The Treaty of Westminster (or the Treaty of Westminster-Ardtornish) was signed on 13 February 1461 between the Lord of the Isles and the Earl of Ross. The agreement proposed that Scotland be divided between King Edward IV of England and the Earl of Douglas.
Treaty of Westminster (1654) The Treaty of Westminster was signed on May 8, 1654, which ended the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654). Based on the terms of the accord, the United Provinces recognized Oliver Cromwell's Navigation Acts, which required that imports to the Commonwealth of England must be carried in English ships, or ships from the goods' origin.
Treaty of Westminster (1756) The Treaty of Westminster was a treaty of neutrality signed on January 16, 1756 between Frederick the Great of Prussia and King George II of the British Empire. British fears of French attacks on Hanover were responsible for the development of the treaty.
Treaty of Whampoa The Treaty of Whampoa () was commercial treaty between France and China, which was signed by Théodore de Lagrené and Qiying on October 24, 1844. The treaty whereby China granted the same privileges to the French Empire as it had done to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking and subsequent treaties.
Treaty of Windsor (1175) The Treaty of Windsor, signed in 1175, was a territorial agreement made between King Henry II of England and the last High King of Ireland, Rory O'Connor. Signed during a time of Norman expansion in Ireland, it left Rory with a kingdom consisting of areas of Ireland outside Leinster, Meath, and Waterford, as long as he paid tribute to Henry II.
Treaty of Worms (1743) The Treaty of Worms was a political alliance formed between Great Britain, Austria and Sardinia, signed on September 13 1743. It was largely an ambitious piece of foreign policy on the part of the British government which sought to split the Emperor Charles VII from French influence, whilst simultaneously resolving the differences between the Emperor, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.
Treaty of Wuchale Treaty of Wuchale (or, Treaty of Ucciale) was a treaty signed by King Menelik of Shewa, later the Emperor of Ethiopia with Count Pietro Antonelli of Italy in the town of Wuchale on May 2, 1889. The treaty ceded portions of Ethiopia, namely the states of Bogos, Hamasien, Akkele Guzay, and parts of Tigray and is the origin of the Italian colony and modern state of Eritrea.
Treaty of Xanten The Treaty of Xanten was signed on November 12, 1614 between Wolfgang William of Palatinate-Neuburg and John Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg. The treaty ended the JĂĽlich-Cleves War and all hostilities between Wolfgang William and John Sigismund.
Treaty of Yandaboo The Treaty of Yandaboo between the British East India Company and the Burmese King of Ava, signed on February 24, 1826 marked the end of the First Burmese War. By the terms of the treaty, the British took possession of the former independent kingdom of Arakan and the former Siamese (then Burmese) territories of Ye, Tavoy and Mergui typically known as Tennasserim.
Treaty of Yazhelbitsy The Treaty of Yazhelbitsy (Russian: Яжелбицкий мирный договор) was a peace treaty signed by Vasili II, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir, and the people of Novgorod, led by Marfa Boretskaya, in the village of Yazhelbitsy in 1456. This treaty marked the beginning of the annexation of the Novgorod lands by Muscovy, which would last for almost quarter of a century.

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